Seventy percent of the 61,272 qualifying patient cardholders were males, according to the 2014 end-of-year report. The top unique debilitating medical condition listed was“severe and chronic pain” and was listed by 80% of qualifying patients.

Other highlights:

• New Year’s Eve had the highest number of transactions, almost 80 kilograms.

• About $112 million worth of revenue was generated based on the assumption that the store price for marijuana was $350 an ounce.

• 85 dispensaries were open and operational during the 2014 calendar year.

There are so many stories circling the air regarding police encounters – whether there are reasons behind them or not, that is up to them to decide. I feel that they do have quite the power trip radiating off of their uniforms though.

Did you know that here is Arizona, you can get pulled over for “walking on the wrong side of the road”. No Joke, this is serious. It did not happen to me, however, it did transpire with one of my close smoke buddies. He was walking home just like he has been for over 20 years and an officer pulled him over for walking on the wrong side of the road.

He was asked about where his destination was, if he has identification on him, if he had weapons on him, if he had drugs on him, etc. – Pretty much the run down. Mind you, he was sober – not falling all over the place acting retarded.

Yep, apparently that is all you need to look like in order to land in the hot seat. Of course he had about 2 grams of weed on him. Which he admit to the officer and showed him, along with his Medical Marijuana Card. Which was awesome because it was his first time having to use the card that he paid so much for to ensure his protection under AZ State Law.

After looking him up in the system and seeing that he was not “wanted” for anything (no warrant) – the officer was going to let him walk – but of course, at that same time another cop was driving by – and you know how they do… They just have to turn on the lights, flip a bitch, and come stir things up trying to “assist” their fellow officer.

Yet again – WHY? Do you feel that your fellow officer does not know how to properly do their job? They did not call it in, they did not request backup. And of course at this point everyone in the area is outside watching and waiting for an arrest to happen… Making innocent people look like convicts in their own neighborhood.

This second officer of course starts in on the Medical Marijuana – and for all of you smokers out there – this is important – KNOW YOUR RIGHTS and KNOW YOUR LIMITS! Luckily for my friend, he knew his rights and his limits and proceeded to inform the police of what those were. Upon further investigation of what they were informed of, they got their verification and allowed him to walk.

It ended up being a 45 minute ordeal – ironically over walking on the wrong side of the road.

Moral of the Story:

Know your rights.

Know your legal limits.

ALWAYS carry your Medical Marijuana Card on your person.

Read up on the laws in your area – it very well might save you from being booked into jail tonight.

Always be polite to police even if they are wrong – it just might help bring that person in a bad mood to a calm and reasonable state of mind.

This is by far one of the best pipes that I have ever smoked out of! Not only does it provide you with a cooled clear hit, but it entertains you while smoking!

Recently one of my friends that works as a driver for a Medical Marijuana Collective gained a wonderful gift from a patient. This patient owns a glass warehouse and supplies pipes to multiple Smoke Shops in our area. She was kind enough to set aside what is called a Vortex Pipe as a late Christmas present for her driver.

That night he came over to medicate with me and shows me this beautiful piece… It was so odd that it just pulled my interest. For one, this piece had quite an interesting shape and form to the glass. This piece has a wonderful weight to it – nothing that you would easily drop and fits into your hand so perfectly! It has the normal bowl of a given glass piece and then forms on what looks to be a cone shape, which then releases the smoke through the mouth piece. You will notice that this pipe also had multiple holes drilled into it. The carb is at the head of the piece, on the front of the bowl. There are three more holes drilled into the glass around the upper portion of the cone… these three holes are what makes the magic happen!!

Highly Recommended

The angle at which these holes are drilled, it makes the smoke that is pulled in from the bowl spiral within the glass cone – creating a tornado / vortex effect within the smoke chamber! It looks AMAZING! You can also plug any of the three holes to change the smoke spiral effect.

The plus side to this draw process is that the smoke circulating as a cooling effect on your smoke, so it provides you with a clean, smooth rip every time! Also, if you take a strong, fast pull you get a tight thick vortex hit. If you take a slow, long hit – you get a loose, wide tornado effect. Mind you, you can play with the smoke effect during the hit that you are taking.

You are provided with such a nice, smooth rip even with harsh cannabis!!

If you are ever looking for another piece to smoke your goods out of, I highly recommend getting a Vortex Pipe if you see one available in the shop. Not only are you going to be proud of this piece of art, but you are going to enjoy every sitting that you experience with it! You can smoke less and still get where you need to be – thus allowing your stash to last you prolonged periods of time. On top of that – you will be completely entertained during the process!

Honestly I can’t believe that people bought into this… I mean, I know that we all have this hidden hope of finding a long-lost strain of cannabis that would put all of the other wonderful versions we smoke today to shame… But the likelihood of that happening is slim to none. Someone, somewhere would have found that sh*t by now.

***Story was a Hoax***

Both of these statements are not only true, they’re critical to our biggest story of the year, so far: the possible discovery of a new species of marijuana, reportedly found in Australia. Unfortunately, this was proven to be a hoax (by someone with a lot of time on their hands).

It is however a fun topic to sit back and think about – What would it be called? What inside of this new-found glory would or could make it better than those that we currently have on the shelf? What kind of new hybrid could we create? How would this new plant mix with a Sativa VS an Indica? The list of questions could and would be damn near endless! So many float through my head and my imagination gives me wishful answers that would make every cannabis stoner happier than they have been in the past 100 years!

Personally I am a Sativa person! I love it! Of course there are some Sativa strains that I would rather not mess with, but hey there is a bunk version in every category – thus you get what you pay for. Indica strains steal my drive, I feel held down and lazy. Then hungry and of course, you need a freakin’ nap! When I medicate with my Sativas… look out cause I’m ready for action! HA! Pain-Free, Happy, Smiling, Calm, Motivated, Determined, and so much more! For sure my plant of choice. I will say that there are some amazing Hybrid Strains out there as well! They have come to my rescue more times than I can count.

Educate!

What do you think about overall legalizing marijuana? I know that there are tons of different views points on this topic and individuals just love to fight and argue over it. Well – my opinion – people are going to smoke it whether you like it or not, so why not tax that shit and make some money? It’s like a crackhead – Crack will never in a million years even have the chance to become legal…. BUT guess what, a crackhead that needs a fix is always going to find that crack they are looking for – even if they don’t have money, they find a way to get their hands on it – you can fill in your own blank with whatever odds and ends thing you can think of – I am sure someone somewhere has done it for less!

Seriously think about what you are putting into your body!

I personally am a legal medical cannabis user – and I pay a good chuck of change every year to be able to use my medicines. However, I do not feel that we, as medical marijuana smokers, have enough protection via state law.

And with that as the last statements – has opened a whole different can of worms that I would absolutely LOVE to cover! Stay tuned for that conversation – Till then, PUFF THOSE CLOUDS!

Greetings to everyone and thank you for spending your time with myself and friends. We discuss millions of things and commonly have what we consider to be “People’s Court” – this is when we have an opinion about a given topic and feel the need to get other opinions on said topic. Sometimes there are just two individuals with opposing views and we need to gather deal breakers. Other times, we just have tons to say about everything under the sun – whether that be concepts, personal life, Medical Cannabis, businesses, companies, products, etc…. This list could literally go on forever with the amount of things that we cover. Honestly, we were thinking on start a YouTube channel as well! I think that we would gather tons of viewers that would subscribe to our channel. I mean really – half of the things that we converse about and the random commentary is hilarious – seriously, we could not make these things up if we tried. Now I cannot promise that I will be posting daily… I wouldn’t want to completely bore you with some random boring crap – I want to blog about things that will either make you laugh your ass off OR something that is a serious matter (with underlined humor incorporated) and we want to know what others have to say about it.

No, I have never done this before – none of us have. But you know what!? You have to start somewhere so HERE IT IS! TA DA!!

Yes – I use profane words at times, none of us are claiming to be saints about anything… Yes I am a Medical Marijuana Patient and so are all of my friends. We only medicate in the evenings – NO, it is NOT dangerous, but if that is your viewpoint, so be it – you are missing out on multiple wonderful benefits from a plant provided by Mother nature herself… Which by the way will be a hot topic within this blog.

My boyfriend and I are both out of the US Army – Signal Corps. We have amazing neighbors that are AZ patients as well. All four of us have created a tight bond over the course of the years. As I stated earlier, this is going to be an extension of conversations that the four of us have already had – or had that night. Be prepared for some humor – some randomness – different viewpoints and opinions – and above all – some insanity *HAHAHAHAHA* – no, but really…